DDA demolishes house of Uttarkashi tunnel rescuer Vakeel Hasan
Mr. Hasan said, “We were not given any notice of the demolition, the area we live in is a regularised colony, I built my house in 2012-13 but DDA came suddenly at 9 a.m. and pushed us out of our home.”
No Inquiry Report Yet But Silkyara Tunnel Work Resumes; Rat-Hole Miners Refuse Govt Reward: Reports
The rat-hole miners, who dug through the last 12 meters when drilling machines failed, say Uttarakhand government’s award of Rs 50,000 each is not commensurate with the risk they took. They call it a 'step-motherly treatment'.
‘No one will remember us’: India’s hero ‘rat hole miners’ who helped rescue 41 men from the Himalayan tunnel
Just two hours after the men were rescued, a list of 90 men who took part in the effort was circulated by an Uttarakhand government official on a media WhatsApp group. Conspicuously missing were the names of the 12 “rat miners” who put their lives on the line to complete that final breakthrough.
On all fours in ‘rat holes’, the heroes of Silkyara scrape by on the margins
Rat-hole mining is banned in India as a dangerous practice; showered by praise, a 12-member team of rat-hole miners ask for human dignity, a house, a road, fair wages, and an assurance that such a collapse will never be repeated.
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Who is rat-hole miner Munna Qureshi, hailed as operation's hero?
Rat-hole miners on Tuesday made the breakthrough possible in the Uttarkashi rescue operation as Munna Qureshi became the first miner to reach the trapped men.